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The new research reports from Fundamental Markets, available for free download at the links above, examine Capital Product Partners L.P. (NASDAQ:CPLP), Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NASDAQ:NVMI), BioSpecifics Technologies Corp (NASDAQ:BSTC), Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. (NYSE:ITUB), CNB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:CCNE), and Laureate Education Inc. (NASDAQ:LAUR) on a fundamental level and outlines the overall demand for their products and services in addition to an in-depth review of the business strategy, management discussion, and overall direction going forward. Several excerpts from the recently released reports are available to today's readers below.

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Important Notice: the following excerpts are not designed to be standalone summaries and as such, important information may be missing from these samples. Please download the entire research report, free of charge, to ensure you are reading all relevant material information. All information in this release was accessed June 1st, 2018. Percentage calculations are performed after rounding. All amounts in millions (MM), except per share amounts.

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CAPITAL PRODUCT PARTNERS L.P. (CPLP) REPORT OVERVIEW

Capital Product Partners' Recent Financial Performance

For the three months ended March 31st, 2018 vs March 31st, 2017, Capital Product Partners reported revenue of $65.54MM vs $60.27MM (up 8.74%) and basic earnings per share $0.02 vs $0.08 (down 75.00%). For the twelve months ended December 31st, 2017 vs December 31st, 2016, Capital Product Partners reported revenue of $249.12MM vs $241.62MM (up 3.10%) and basic earnings per share $0.22 vs $0.34 (down 35.29%). Capital Product Partners is expected to report earnings on July 27th, 2018. The report will be for the fiscal period ending June 30th, 2018. The reported EPS for the same quarter last year was $0.06. The estimated EPS forecast for the next fiscal year is $0.36 and is expected to report on January 30th, 2019.

For the three months ended March 31st, 2018 vs March 31st, 2017, Nova Measuring Instruments reported revenue of $62.60MM vs $54.43MM (up 15.02%) and basic earnings per share $0.50 vs $0.49 (up 2.04%). For the twelve months ended December 31st, 2017 vs December 31st, 2016, Nova Measuring Instruments reported revenue of $221.99MM vs $163.90MM (up 35.44%) and basic earnings per share $1.68 vs $0.35 (up 380.00%). Nova Measuring Instruments is expected to report earnings on August 1st, 2018. The report will be for the fiscal period ending June 30th, 2018. The reported EPS for the same quarter last year was $0.52. The estimated EPS forecast for the next fiscal year is $2.00 and is expected to report on February 12th, 2019.

For the three months ended March 31st, 2018 vs March 31st, 2017, BioSpecifics Technologies reported revenue of $7.09MM vs $7.69MM (down 7.82%) and basic earnings per share $0.55 vs $0.47 (up 17.02%). For the twelve months ended December 31st, 2017 vs December 31st, 2016, BioSpecifics Technologies reported revenue of $27.44MM vs $26.25MM (up 4.54%) and basic earnings per share $1.58 vs $1.61 (down 1.86%). BioSpecifics Technologies is expected to report earnings on August 8th, 2018. The report will be for the fiscal period ending June 30th, 2018. The reported EPS for the same quarter last year was $0.36. The estimated EPS forecast for the next fiscal year is $2.13 and is expected to report on March 13th, 2019.

For the three months ended March 31st, 2018 vs March 31st, 2017, Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. reported interest income of $9,934.97MM vs $12,817.94MM (down 22.49%) and basic earnings per share $0.31 vs $0.29 (up 4.16%). For the twelve months ended December 31st, 2017 vs December 31st, 2016, Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. reported interest income of $45,316.91MM vs $46,300.62MM (down 2.12%) and basic earnings per share $1.15 vs $1.02 (up 12.30%). Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. is expected to report earnings on July 30th, 2018. The report will be for the fiscal period ending June 30th, 2018. The reported EPS for the same quarter last year was $0.31. The estimated EPS forecast for the next fiscal year is $1.31 and is expected to report on February 4th, 2019.

For the three months ended March 31st, 2018 vs March 31st, 2017, CNB Financial reported interest income of $29.39MM vs $25.10MM (up 17.06%) and basic earnings per share $0.46 vs $0.43 (up 6.98%). For the twelve months ended December 31st, 2017 vs December 31st, 2016, CNB Financial reported interest income of $108.87MM vs $94.32MM (up 15.44%) and basic earnings per share $1.57 vs $1.42 (up 10.56%). CNB Financial is expected to report earnings on July 18th, 2018. The report will be for the fiscal period ending June 30th, 2018. The reported EPS for the same quarter last year was $0.44. The estimated EPS forecast for the next fiscal year is $2.55 and is expected to report on February 1st, 2019.

For the three months ended March 31st, 2018 vs March 31st, 2017, Laureate Education reported revenue of $885.29MM vs $855.93MM (up 3.43%) and basic earnings per share $0.59 vs -$1.05. For the twelve months ended December 31st, 2017 vs December 31st, 2016, Laureate Education reported revenue of $4,377.99MM vs $4,244.19MM (up 3.15%) and basic earnings per share -$1.20 vs $2.78. Laureate Education is expected to report earnings on August 14th, 2018. The report will be for the fiscal period ending June 30th, 2018. The reported EPS for the same quarter last year was $0.28. The estimated EPS forecast for the next fiscal year is $0.93 and is expected to report on March 19th, 2019.

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